Glukhovsky, Dmitry - Metro 2035 by Glukhovsky Dmitry

Author:Glukhovsky, Dmitry [Glukhovsky, Dmitry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Future Corp.
Published: 2016-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

— STRANGERS —

“I thought it was Polar Dawns; I thought it was a thousand kilometers away, but it’s right here beside us, in Balashikha! Can you imagine that, Zhen? Here in Balashikha, right beside us. As good as in Moscow. They’re building it here! An outpost! That means there is clean land … If they’re building. Real bastards, aren’t they, eh? The Reds? Without telling anyone! No one knows. They’re building a base on the surface. We can stay down in the Metro, right , Zhen, but they’ll breathe fresh air!”

“Bastards, Tyomich, bastards. Sit quiet there now.”

“And did you hear the most important thing? The radio! That guy says they’re building it round a radio center. But what for? That’s obvious. Because they—they!—have managed to establish contact somehow after all. With someone. Maybe the Urals? Eh? Maybe the bases in the Urals! Eh, Zhen? If it’s not Polar Dawns.”

“You’re a heavy lump, damn you.”

“Or maybe it is Polar Dawns? How does he know? Eh?”

“Just don’t jerk your legs about! Or I’ll dump you right now and you can crawl on your own!”

“And I’ll go there, Zhen. I’ll go. After all, no one … None of the creeps is going to admit anything. I have to go to this Balashikha myself. To look for the outpost. Otherwise there’s no way of knowing what’s really going on. Will you go with me, Zhen?”

“You know what? You want the truth? Now you’re really pushing it. First it’s carry you to TsvetnoI Boulevard, to this Sashenka of yours. And now we’ve barely even reached Trubnaya Station, and you want to go to Balashikha! That’s a bit over the top, don’t you reckon? You’re not some bucket of shit I can carry round and round in circles. You weigh sixty kilograms! And by the way, I served my time in that hellhole, just like you! And I swung a pick while you waltzed around with that little barrow of yours! Have you no shame? That’s it, get down.”

“Hang on, Zhen … Where have you brought me?”

“Where? To your Sashenka, that’s where. Lie here. I’ll go and knock. If they don’t open up … Then we wasted our time climbing out.”

“Zhen. Do you think I don’t understand anything? You’re dead. I know that. How did you carry me here?”

“Me? You’re the dead one.”

* * *

“Right, I warn you straight off. You bundled that goner of ours off to the next world, but you just make good and certain that Tyomich here gets back up on his feet.”

“What’s wrong with his shoulders? And his leg?”

“An injury. Occupational, to keep it short. So rub something on it.”

“Such as what? Take a look around.”

“At my station they rub shit on everything, but I hope you’ve got something with a bit more kick to it. Or did I waste my time dragging him down here from on top?”

“Don’t you get pushy now. Or you’ll be plodding back up there.”

“I’m a patient too, by the way! Take a look at my back, lady! I wasn’t scratched by a woman either.

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